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ἐπίτροπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίτροπος ἐπίτροπον

Structure: ἐπιτροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pitre/pw

Sense

one to whom a charge is entrusted, a trustee, administrator, a governor, viceroy
a guardian

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἐπίτροπος	ἐπίτροπον
	Genitive	ἐπιτρόπου	ἐπιτρόπου
	Dative	ἐπιτρόπῳ	ἐπιτρόπῳ
	Accusative	ἐπίτροπον	ἐπίτροπον
	Vocative	ἐπίτροπε	ἐπίτροπον
Dual	N/A/V	ἐπιτρόπω	ἐπιτρόπω
Dual	G/D	ἐπιτρόποιν	ἐπιτρόποιν
Plural	Nominative	ἐπίτροποι	ἐπίτροπα
	Genitive	ἐπιτρόπων	ἐπιτρόπων
	Dative	ἐπιτρόποις	ἐπιτρόποις
	Accusative	ἐπιτρόπους	ἐπίτροπα
	Vocative	ἐπίτροποι	ἐπίτροπα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἐπίτροπος ἐπιτρόπου	ἐπιτροπώτερος ἐπιτροπωτέρου	ἐπιτροπώτατος ἐπιτροπωτάτου
Adverb	ἐπιτρόπως	ἐπιτροπώτερον	ἐπιτροπώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

ἐν ἑτέρῳ δὲ ἀγῶνι πάλιν ὁ μὲν Ἰσαῖοσ ἐπιτρόπῳ τινὶ συντάξασ ἀπολογίαν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου ἀδελφιδοῦ κρινομένῳ τοιαύτῃ κέχρηται τῇ ἀρχῇ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 82)
ὥσπερ διὰ τοῦτο ἐπίτροποσ τῶν παιδίων καταλειφθείσ, ἵνα γράμματ’ αὐτοῖσ ἀντὶ τῶν χρημάτων ἀποδείξειεν καὶ πενεστάτουσ ἀντὶ πλουσίων ἀποφήνειε καὶ ἵνα, εἰ μέν τισ αὐτοῖσ πατρικὸσ ἐχθρὸσ ἦν, ἐκείνου μὲν ἐπιλάθωνται, τῷ δ’ ἐπιτρόπῳ τῶν πατρῴων ἀπεστερημένοι πολεμῶσι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 27 2:3)
κἀν Ἐπιτρόπῳ δ’ ἔφη· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 61 4:1)
ἐβασίλευσε δὲ μῆνασ ὀκτὼ τὸ σύμπαν, ἦν δὲ καὶ τἆλλα περίβλεπτοσ ὑπὸ τῶν πολιτῶν, καὶ πλείονεσ ἐγένοντο τῶν ὡσ ἐπιτρόπῳ βασιλέωσ καὶ βασιλικὴν ἐξουσίαν ἔχοντι πειθομένων οἱ δι’ ἀρετὴν προσέχοντεσ αὐτῷ καὶ ποιεῖν ἐθέλοντεσ ἑτοίμωσ τὸ προσταττόμενον. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 3 4:2)
γὰρ ἂν ποιοίην, εἰ μὴ πειθοίμην σοὶ τῷ ἐπιτρόπῳ καὶ μὴ ποιοίην ἃ κελεύεισ. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 490:1)

Synonyms

a guardian
- μελισσοσόος (guardian of bees)
- συνέστιος (guardian of the hearth)

κληρονόμος (one who receives a portion)
εἰσποιητός (adopted)
ἀγχιστεία (nearness of kin)
πατράδελφος ()
ἡμικλήριον (half the inheritance)
ὁμοπάτριος (by the same father)
γεννητής (a parent)
ὑιδοῦς (a grandson)
πατρικός (derived from one's fathers)
πρόσκλησις (a judicial summons or citation)
ἐπάρχω (to be governor of)
ἔπαρχος (a commander)
ἐπιμελητής (one who has charge of)
συνεπίτροπος (a joint guardian)
παιδαγωγός (originally)
νομάρχης (the chief of an Egyptian province)
ἀποδέκτης (a receiver)
ὀρφανικός (orphaned)
ἀντίπαις (like a boy or child)
νεώνητος (newly bought)
ὁμομήτριος (born of the same mother)
κηδεστής (a connexion by marriage)
ἐνεδρεύω (to lie in wait for)
ἱερατεία (the priest's office)
ὠνητής (a buyer)
ἀγόρασμα (that which is bought)
λυσανίης (ending sorrow)
ἐπιτροπεύω (to be a trustee)
ἄδεσμος (unfettered)
ἀνεψιαδοῦς (a first-cousin's son)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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a guardian

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Sense

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a guardian

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